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SpookyAwol

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#304531 12-May-2023 12:02
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Ok, scratching my head trying to work out what device is connected to my router...
Any thoughts on how I can locate what device an IP address is assigned to?

 

So.... 50+ devices on an ASUS router, some wireless, some wired, all used for Home assistant.
Mostly Ive been assigning static IP's to the devices as installed and then binding the mac / IP manually in the Router. So they are named and I can identify them.
A mixture of shellys, tasmota switches etc

 

However, I have one device that has managed to evade that process. Its wireless and listed with a 'static' IP ( so manually assigned by me at some stage at the device not the router) and named as 'espressif' which is too generic for ID 

 

I cant browse to the IP address which suggests its not a device with a home page

 

Ive looked through ~/.homeassistant/.storage/core.device_registry but can only find its generic name / IP and it appears its not used within HA 

 

Any other ideas on how I can work it out, other than trying to find where Ive hidden all the devices in the house ;)

 

 


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  #3075414 12-May-2023 12:03
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Can you ping it? Or have you tried a port scan on it to see which ports are open? That might give you a clue.

 

 


 
 
 
 

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  #3075416 12-May-2023 12:04
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Yes, can ping it, so its active somewhere


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  #3075418 12-May-2023 12:05
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That's an ESP32 device, more than likely.





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  #3075419 12-May-2023 12:06
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Yeah, those chips are used by loads of smart home devices. Try the port scan and see if you can learn anything from the open ports.


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  #3075421 12-May-2023 12:11
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If you have a Mikrotik device, you could use that as your AP temporarily, and then sniff all the traffic from that IP address and try identify it that way.

 

Or do the scream test, block it from the network and see what breaks.





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  #3075422 12-May-2023 12:11
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Seems I just get the standard 80 port


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  #3075424 12-May-2023 12:13
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toejam316:

 

Or do the scream test, block it from the network and see what breaks.

 

 

Tempting ;)
Im thinking there are too many to be able to identify. Most (of the valid ones) are connected via HA, so I think this is a legacy device that perhaps I dont use or havent used for a while

 

 

 

 




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  #3075428 12-May-2023 12:29
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SpookyAwol:

 

Seems I just get the standard 80 port

 

 

Did you try explicitly using "http://" when poking your browser at it?

 

 





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  #3075431 12-May-2023 12:34
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Actually - no.....,

You are correct, that works for me!

Sorted, cheers - turns out it was a Shelly EM thats not connected to HA


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  #3075679 13-May-2023 00:53
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If your router shows the MAC address, then you can look that up and see who the manufacturer is.  If the router does not show MAC addresses, ping it from a PC and then use the arp command to list the MAC addresses and find the one for that IP address.


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  #3077773 19-May-2023 09:37
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You can use advanced ip scanner to get information about devices, or use command prompt and type arp -a, also on your router you can see wired and wireless devices connected to it

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